In Toronto, Chinese flags flutter out the side of pricey convertibles, engines revving loudly. In Edinburgh, Beijing backers belt out lyrics from a Taiwanese pop song to exhort Hong Kong to listen to its “mother”—the Chinese Communist Party, in this version. And in Vancouver, about 60 pro-China demonstrators surround a quiet church where churchgoers have gathered to pray for the protesters in Hong Kong.

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